Letters from Lewis Theobald to William Warburton [manuscript], 1729-1734.

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Letters from Lewis Theobald to William Warburton [manuscript], 1729-1734.

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All the letters are concerned with textual criticism of Shakespeare. Also, some copies of letters from Warburton to Theobald and one from Styan Thirlby in which he gives "the list of such of my conjectures [concerning Shakespeare's text] as I am at present not unwilling to own."

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